August on myfatsecret

August diet details

FoodDiary Aug 10 Foods

my fat secret diet details

People keep asking me how I lost the weight I've lost. I've been tracking my diet and exercise almost since I started with an app on my phone called calorie counter, and a synced website - myfatsecret.com. It lets you export your diary, so here it is. This is exactly what I've been eating from last May through September, which is when I lost most of the weight.

FoodDiary Sep 10 Foods

NOVEMBER IS AMERICAN DIABETES MONTH

A new CDC report tells us that the number of Americans with diabetes is projected to double or triple in the next 40 years. Diabetes increases the risk for heart disease; hypertension; stroke, kidney disease, vision loss, and other serious medical conditions.

To learn if you are at risk for diabetes, go to http://www.diabetes.org/assets/pdfs/id-risktest.pdf

This month, take a few minutes to learn more about the importance of diabetes prevention:

The 3 most important lifestyle behaviors that can help reduce our risk of diabetes are

• daily moderate physical activity
• maintaining a healthy weight and waistline
• making healthy eating choices

Physical exams that include a fasting glucose test are important for early detection of abnormal blood sugar (glucose) levels in at risk individuals. If glucose levels are creeping up year after year this is a warning sign of pre-diabetes and possibly diabetes. Exercise; proper nutrition and losing just 5 to 10% of body weight can turn this trend around. For those already living with diabetes- attention to these same lifestyle behaviors can help improve their health and better manage their diabetes. Avoiding tobacco is also critical as smoking increases blood glucose levels and reduces the body’s ability to use insulin. For more prevention information: http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/prevention/

The DHHS Wellness Program promotes worksite opportunities for physical activity, healthy eating, tobacco cessation support, and weight management to help employees prevent diabetes and help those living with diabetes better manage their condition. Some employees have reported their participation in worksite wellness activities enabled them to increase their level of physical activity and lose weight and as a result their physician was able to reduce or eliminate their diabetes medication So, take a walk every day on your break or lunch time, bring healthy snacks and lunch to work, and, if you are overweight, join a weight management program.

Some Excellent Diabetes Resources:

www.ncdiabetes.org

www.diabetes.org

delete (gulp)

So I've been deleted. It wouldn't be anything, but alas, I was aghast that, yes, one of the girls I went to High School with, apparently deleted me, and I have no idea why. What did I do? (or not do?) I thought she was a good friend in HS and had really good times with her, so I was quite taken aback by my deletion. Will I lose sleep over it? No, but I'm really curious about it, and I really don't like the feeling of being deleted. Maybe it's the word - delete! It makes it seem like I'm very unimportant (wow, narcissistic much?), or just non-relevant? Is her friend count too high at 109? (formerly 110). Ok, yes, I have deleted people from my friends list in the past, without too much consideration of how they felt about being deleted, but I did consider it, and came to the conclusion, that they likely wouldn't have noticed that they had been deleted. It's only been a few, and they were people who I no longer associate with, or weren't friends of mine to begin with, but rather friends of friends, and I didn't really know anything about them. In this age of cyber-stalking and privacy concerns, I've become a little more diligent about who I'd like to let into my picture albums and status updates. Only one of my dearly deleted actually wrote me an email about it... a solid year and a half later.. when he noticed. I responded with the information that it had been nearly two years ago that he had been deleted, so obviously, we weren't really 'friends' now were we? He accepted that (or so I thought). But back to .. me.. I did the only logical thing about my kick to the curb.. I submitted a friend request. She's online, but I've not yet been accepted, though 3 others have been. I do believe I'm treading into stalker territory. Maybe I'm just being too sensitive?

The problem with HS FB friends is this; you think of these folks as the same as when you last saw them. So in my case, and HS friends, that's several decades ago. So in my logical mind (shutup), I know that these are most certainly not the same people I went to school with, as I am not anywhere near the same person I was 30+ years ago, somehow my perception remains a little stagnated. Does FB bring out the High School teenager pettiness in me? I truly do enjoy reading about my classmates lives, and seeing the pictures. I like the pirate costumes (well, I think they were costumes), needles getting lost in your back (still trying to get my brain around that one), enjoying your first snow of the season (where is the sanity in that?), where your band is playing or how much fun you seem to have doing it, and of course, the family events that bring joy all around. So while sometimes I wonder if my FB classmates still imagine me as I was in HS, I hope that they can see from my FB page that I'm not the mean, chip on my shoulder, angry and unhappy punk I was back then (I said shutup).

In closing, while I'm surely disappointed with my deletion, I'll let it go, move on, and put it on the shelf along with all my other "don't know what's up with that" stuff. Since I don't do 'passive-aggressive' bs, I will continue to operate under the assumption that most people are mature enough to let me know respectfully if I'm doing something that offends them, so that I may then respectfully let them know they can kiss my ... (lol, kidding.. shutup already)

vintage FB

via Eileen - thanks!

sappy love stuff - happy now?

"They say loving you is my biggest mistake but how can it be so wrong if it feels so right? If ever I made a mistake, its not that I love you, its thinking that someday you'll love me too..."

"Never frown because you never know who might be falling in love with your smile."

"I get the best feeling in the world when you say hi or even smile at me because I know, even if its just for a second, that I've crossed your mind. "

"Nobody is worth your tears, and the one who is won't make you cry. "

"The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them."

"Love starts with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear "

"Don't say you love me unless you really mean it, because I might do something crazy like believe it. "

"Someday someone might come into your life and love you the way you've always wanted. If your someday was yesterday, learn. If your someday is tomorrow, hope. If your someday is today, cherish. "

"If I could be any part of you, I’d be your tear. To be conceived in your heart, born in your eyes, live on your cheeks, and die on your lips. "

"Once I dropped a tear in the ocean, the day I find it is the day I'll stop loving you "

"You know you're in love when you don't wanna go to sleep at night because your life is better than a dream. "

"It's funny how big of an impact you have on me. It's like when I see you, you don't even have to speak...all you can do is smile, and it can make my day, and then that's how I remember my reasons for loving you."

"Last night i sent an angel to watch over you while you were sleeping. It came back early and i asked the angel, “why?” The angel replied, "Angels don’t watch other angels." "

"If you truly love someone, then the only thing you want for them is to be happy....even if its not with you "

"A guy and a girl can be friends. But sooner or later one will fall for the other. Maybe too early, maybe too late, but maybe, just maybe forever. "

"If a star fell each time I thought about you then the moon would truly realize how loneliness is really like. "

"I must go now. Don't hold me with your eyes and reach your heart across the room like that or my own will break. Love you? Of course I love you... That's why I have to go.. Before you know how much "

"I spent last night dreaming of your eyes
But your hair kept getting in the way
Your lips dropped in to tell me how you'd been
But when I tried to kiss them
My pillow told me I missed them

Your voice dropped by and sang a lullaby
And it was then I knew just what to do
I'd fall asleep and then
I'd dream of you again... "

"It's amazing how someone can break your heart, but you still love them with all the little pieces. "

"When somebody loved me, everything was beautiful,
Every hour we spent together lives within my heart.
And when she was sad, I was there to dry her tears,
And when she was happy so was I, when she loved me."

"If you love something, let it go. If it comes back to you, it's yours. If it's run over by a car, you don't want it."

values

To realize
The value of a sister/brother
Ask someone
Who doesn't have one.

To realize
The value of ten years:
Ask a newly
Divorced couple.

To realize
The value of four years:
Ask a graduate.

To realize
The value of one year:
Ask a student who
Has failed a final exam.

To realize
The value of nine months:
Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.

To realize
The value of one month:
Ask a mother
Who has given birth to:
A premature baby.

To realize
The value of one week::
Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.

To realize
The value of one minute:
Ask a person
Who has missed the a train, bus or plane.

To realize
The value of one-second:
Ask a person
Who has survived an accident.

Time waits for no one.
Treasure every moment you have.

You will treasure it even more when
You can share it with someone special.

To realize the value of a friend or family member:
LOSE ONE.

The origin of this letter is unknown,
But it brings good luck to everyone who passes it on.

Remember.....
Hold on tight to the ones you love!

found this in my email... thanks Jim xoxo